Human infants are not meant to sleep alone, and human parents are not meant to care for babies all by themselves- especially not one exhausted mother all on her

Human infants are not meant to sleep alone, and human parents are not meant to care for babies all by themselves- especially not one exhausted mother all on her own. Evolutionarily speaking we are supposed to be surrounded by extended family, who can hold the baby and give mom and dad a chance to sleep. It's just the cruelty of modern industrial society that makes people resort to such things as leaving a baby all alone. Future generations are going to see these practices as tragic and the fact that we don't support new parents leads to stressed out, insecure babies, or worse. Here's the truth: nothing works. They just eventually grow out of it. When they are a year or two old, you can start transitioning to having them sleep by themselves. I really did try to sleep train my youngest.. I would set a timer and not let her go too long. I really tried. Once I went and picked her up after 15 minutes, and her little voice had grown hoarse. She was covered in sweat and shaking and she just collapsed against me when I picked her up. Her tiny body, just limp against me. She had nothing left. And she whimpered softly. Babies aren't meant to sleep alone. I wish I had someone I could call. One hour of sleep would have meant everything.